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Special / other · Shrewsbury · SY1 4RG

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 25 October 2023

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At a glance

40 pupils · 29% of 138 capacity

School type
Pupil referral unit
Age range
4–16
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
55% of pupils
English as additional language
3% of pupils
SEN support
28.4% of pupils
EHC plan
26.9% of pupils
Website
www.tmbss-shropshire.com
URN
134390

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
3.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£31,581
Typical special / other school£29,004

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher18.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work16%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways26.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier47.2%62.3%
Social housing44.8%17.1%
Privately rented7.8%20.5%
Detached houses2.3%22.9%
Flats15.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms6.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van28.9%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01028983 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,549 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£213,500150 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£185,000–£249,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (14)£329,000
Semi-detached (82)£218,500
Terraced (50)£190,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.8
All reported collisions
9an urban school averages 30.6
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other urban schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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